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18 August 2014

Suffolk Regiment - Other Rank PoWs 1914

This is an edited roll of Other Ranks serving with the Suffolk Regiment, who were captured by the enemy and became Prisoners of War on or before the 25th December 1914. Read more about this data source on my 1914 PoWs page. This data has been transcribed from two sources at the Imperial War Museum:1. B.O.2 1/280. This is a thirty-one page typed list dated 31st December 1918 sent by the Suffolk Prisoners of War Help Committee.2. B.O.2 1/281. This is a is a nine-page hand-written list, undated, no sender given. This list probably pre-dates B.O.2 1/280. My full transcription of this Suffolk Regiment data (not reproduced here) also contains the following information against some or all of the names:BattalionDate of captureNext of kinNext of kin's addressNotesTranscriber's notesThere are over 600 names on this list, the equivalent of more than half a battalion at war strength. The vast majority of these men, if not all of them, were serving with the 2nd Battalion and again, the vast majority were taken prisoner on the 26th August 1914. Having arrived in France on the 14th August, the old 2nd Battalion effectively ceased to exist 12 days later.In his summary of the fighting on the 26th, Ray Westlake (British Battalions in France & Belgium 1914), drawing on the 2nd Battalion war diary records, "Came under heavy fire from machine guns situated on the Le Cateau-Cambrai Road. Enemy attacked in force at 2.30pm from front and right flank...Battalion eventually overwhelmed when enemy broke in from the rear. Withdrawal ordered and remnants of the Battalion fell back via Bohain to St Quentin." When the roll call was taken the following day, just two officers and 111 other ranks answered it. The battalion had sustained 720 casualties, most of these listed below. The 2nd Suffolks had, quite simply, been devastated.My grateful thanks to Taff Gillingham for permission to use the photo of 8233 Private Wellington Middleton (listed below) which was taken at the miners' strike at Chirk Colliery in 1912. Private Middleton was captured at Le Cateau and on his release picked up a superb German Artillery officer's sword which is now in the Suffolk Regiment Museum in Bury St Edmunds. Any errors in the following transcriptions are entirely my own.

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7885 Private C Abbott

8414 Private J Abbott

7018 Private W Abbott

6697 Private E Adkins

7180 Private F Ager

6703 Private J Aldous

6420 Private A Algar

7338 Private J Amos

8531 Drummer W Anderson

6311 Private E Andrews

8442 Private W Arbon

5781 Sergeant J Argent

6510 Private G Arnold

8401 Private R Arnold

6278 Private H Atterton

8080 Corporal F Backler

6906 Private W Badcock

8745 Private A Baker

6970 Private A Baker

7618 Private A J Baker

8567 Lance-Corporal C Baker

6948 Private C Baker

6281 Private J Baker

8639 Private V Baker

8197 Corporal H Baldry

8705 Private H Balls

6133 Private G Bantock

6532 Private G Banyard

8801 Private B Barber

6848 Private R Barber

6806 Private J Bardwell

5335 Private J Barker

5766 Private W Barnes

8633 Private T Barrett

8742 Private S Bartle

6631 Private W Barton

7339 Private L Baxter

6467 Private A Beach

6945 Private H Beaumont

6382 Private C Beavis

8680 Private C Bedford

6234 Private T Bedford

8682 Private A W Bennett

6444 Private W Bennett

6284 Private H Benstead

7108 Private A Berry

6580 Private C Berry

8730 Private B Best

6271 Private F Billingham

6488 Private N Bird

6488 Private N Bird

8026 Private F Black

7890 Drummer F Blacker

8673 Private H Blake

7890 Drummer F Blaker

4766 Sergeant H Blanks

8821 Private C Boast

6523 Private H Bowers

8019 Lance-Sergeant B Bowles

7120 Private H Bradford

8661 Private L Bradman

6161 Corporal A Brayfield

6395 Private E Bridges

6401 Private F Bridges

7968 Private W Bridges

8823 Private E Briggs

6431 Private C Brinkley

8352 Private L Broad

8724 Private J Brooks

7199 Private W Brooksbank

6246 Private E Broom

6458 Private B Brown

6398 Private J Brown

6402 Private J Brown

6654 Private F Brunning

8627 Private A Bullard

6481 Private E Bullard

8549 Corporal F Burch

8524 Lance-Corporal G Burch

7003 Private C Burman

8848 Private W Burns

7275 Private G Burrell

6212 Private F Burton

6884 Private J Buzzard

4198 Sergeant T Candler

8297 Private B Carder

7053 Private H Carlton

7233 Private A Carr

7381 Corporal W Carroll

4125 CSM C Carter

7235 Lance-Corporal F Carter

8839 Private J Carter

7041 Corporal W Carter

7208 Private W Carter

7970 Corporal J Castle

6616 Private C W Catling

8527 Lance-Corporal R Cattermole

6851 Sergeant G Cawley

6714 Private W Chaplin

6282 Private A Chapman

6305 Private W Chapman

8403 Private W Clark

8826 Private C Clarke

4764 Sergeant D Clarke

7351 Private G Clarke

6935 Private G Clarke

5935 Private G Clarke

8005 Private H Clarke

6219 Private J Clarke

6498 Private J Clarke

6961 Private S Clarke

8674 Private S Clarke

6749 Private W Clarke

7382 Private T Clarkson

6704 Private S Clarry

6209 Private A Claydon

7196 Private F Clover

8388 Drummer J Cobbold

7184 Private E Cockerton

6257 Private A Codd

8145 Corporal R Cole

7673 Private J Collins

6191 Private P Collop

8006 Private D Constable

8735 Private F Cook

7386 Lance-Corporal W Cook

6975 Private A Cook

6287 Private P Cook

8207 Private S Cooke

6430 Private O Copping

6239 Private F C Cornell

6810 Private B Cornish

6185 Private A Cornwell

6731 Private J Cornwell

7161 Private C Cottage

7287 Private H Cowdery

8174 Private F Cox

6878 Private G Cox

6897 Private T Cox

6691 Private H Crabb

5732 Private J W Crabb

4426 CSM W Crack

8425 Corporal J Crane

5159 Lance-Corporal J Creak

7093 Private C Crissell

3336 Private C Cronin

7299 Lance-Corporal A Crooks

6521 Private G Crouch

6896 Private W Custance

8663 Private C Dade

6864 Private A Dakin

6393 Private A Dalton

7839 Drummer M Daly

7048 Private R Damant

6919 Private J Davis

8699 Private B Dawes

8083 Lance-Sergeant D Dawes

8383 Private W Daynes

7267 Private C Deal

8753 Private F Debenham

7702 Private E Dempster

10210 Private J Desborough

7305 Private E Diaper

5587 Sergeant G Diprose

8634 Private C Dodgeson

6929 Private T Doo

6592 Private A Dooel

8684 Private G Downey

5925 Private A Drake

6722 Private F Drake

3263 Private G Drake

8702 Private D Drew

6769 Private S Dunthorne

8720 Private W Dye

6179 Private W Eady

8778 Private W Earl

7106 Private E Edwards

8195 Corporal H Elliston

8292 Private H Elliston

6322 Private A Elvin

7038 Sergeant W Endersly

8737 Private B Evans

6557 Corporal F C Faiers [should read "6557 Private F C Faiers"]

8727 Private P Fairweather

6889 Private H Farrington

8722 Private W Farrow

6608 Private W Farthing

7015 Lance-Corporal S Fayers

6522 Private T Flegg

8646 Private S Ford

8718 Lance-Corporal W Fordham

6492 Private W Fordham

8803 Private D Foreman

8825 Private E Foreman

6222 Private J Forsdyke

7629 Sergeant R Foulger

6156 Private T Fowkes

6923 Private S Fox

8714 Private J Francis

6362 Private R Francis

7091 Private W Francis

8804 Private F C Franklin

7130 Private C Free

6699 Private E Freeman

7349 Private J Freeman

7842 Sergeant M French

6525 Private J Frohock

7330 Private B Froud

7629 Sergeant R Fulgar

7191 Private B Gammon

8602 Private E Gammon

6720 Private J Gammon

8440 Corporal F W Garrard

8541 Private C Garrod

8230 Corporal E Gates

8732 Private C Gaught

6736 Sergeant A Gedge

6196 Private A George

7711 Private G Gibbons

6177 Private J Gibbons

8384 Corporal S Gibbs

6435 Private W Gifford

6518 Private B Gill

6169 Private G Gipp

8787 Private T Gipp

7279 Private W F Girling

8495 Private R Glover

3706 Drummer W Goddard

6917 Private J Godfrey

6505 Private W Golden

6139 Private R Good

8613 Private H Goodchild

4706 Lance-Corporal T
B Gotobed

6614 Private J Grainger

8746 Lance-Sergeant J Gravestock

7755 Sergeant A Green

6630 Private J Green

7020 Private J Gunn

8308 Drummer B Hall

8177 Private C Hall

8550 Private S Halls

6238 Private E Hammond

8345 Corporal G Hammond

7297 Private T S Hammond

7725 Private E Hardiment

6159 Lance-Corporal T Hart

7221 Private F Harvey

6863 Private W Hatch

8337 Sergeant C Hatcher

8--5 Private A Haward

6372 Private F Haward

6429 Private C Hawes

8500 Private G H Hawes

7027 Private P Hayhoe

6941 Private F Haylock

8346 Private J Haynes

6302 Private J Hayward

6819 Private W Hayward

6795 Private A Hearn

7095 Private W Heffer

7156 Private G Hemmins

6943 Private H Hicks

6908 Sergeant J Hill

6539 Private B Hilling

7065 Private A Hills

8788 Private W Hills

7938 Private E Horn

8355 Corporal A Horrix

7034 Private J Horsley

6705 Private E Hoskins

8305 Private A Howard

6390 Private C Howard

7099 Lance-Corporal C Howard

6372 Private F Howard

7125 Private R Howard

8238 Private W Howard

6552 Private F Howe

6426 Private J Howlett

8664 Lance-Corporal A Hoxley

6549 Sergeant J Hoxley

6262 Private W Hunt

7638 Private W Hunt

7683 Drummer A Hurrell

8706 Lance-Corporal W Hutchins

16540 Private A F Ince

8485 Private H Ince

15441 Private J W Ingram

8454 Lance-Corporal R Ingrey

6706 Private T Ivatt

6963 Lance-Corporal G Jackson

7031 Lance-Corporal G Jacobs

6357 Private E Jaggard

7137 Private F Jaggard

6685 Private C James

6598 Private E James

8854 Private J Jarman

8164 Corporal C Jobson

6770 Private E Johnson

7213 Private H Judd

6847 Private H Jugg

7255 Private A Keeble

6918 Lance-Corporal E Kerridge

7891 Private A Kersey

8652 Private W Ketteridge

3734 Private D Kiddy

7677 Private G King

8692 Lance-Corporal J King

6460 Private S Knighton

7374 Private A Knights

8683 Lance-Corporal A Knights

7066 Private D Knights

7070 Private J Lancaster

6497 Private D Langley

6296 Private L Langley

8611 Private F Lanham

7070 Private John Lankester

8751 Lance-Corporal George Larham

6623 Lance-Corporal A Last

8157 Private J Last

6533 Private R Last

6320 Private H Lawes

7806 Private A Lawrence

8791 Private G Lawrence

8777 Private P Lawrence

6468 Private A Laws

7691 Sergeant W Laws

8025 Sergeant E Leach

6597 Private J Leake

6478 Private C Lee

6542 Private S Leeks

8435 Private E Leggett

6425 Lance-Corporal A Leverett

6912 Private A Leverett

6564 Private C Lillie

6263 Private G Lines

6570 Private J Linge

6676 Private W Lloyd

7067 Private J Lock

7393 Private B Long

6175 Private F Long

6826 Private H Long

8577 Private F Lovegrove

3751 Private R Lovett

7398 Private A Lucas

6987 Corporal W Lucas

8325 Private A Lythell

7009 Private J Lythell

7025 Private G Mace

6220 Private A Mallard

8675 Private W Mann

7578 Private A Manning

6194 Private D Manning

6887 Private H Manning

8621 Private F Mansfield

7043 Private R Marchant

8802 Private P Markham

7001 Private J Marks

7234 Private C Marsh

6660 Lance-Corporal R Marshall

6330 Private W Marshall

7385 Private A Martin

6351 Private E Martin

7134 Private F Mason

6823 Private J Mason

7162 Private F Matthews

6502 Private W Matthews

6579 Private G Maxim

8009 Drummer G Mayes

8001 Sergeant C
J McCarthy

7838 Corporal W J McKean

6801 Private J Meekings

8503 Private W Merry

8106 Corporal R Middleditch

8233 Private Wellington Middleton

6888 Private C Mills

8636 Private T Mills

6364 Private W Mills

6408 Private E Minns

6152 Private W Mitson

8756 Lance-Corporal A Moffatt

8919 Private H Moore

7178 Private J Morphey

7380 Private O J Mortimer

6463 Private W Moull

6808 Private J H Mouser

6997 Corporal J Mumford

6595 Private W Munnings

8655 Private E Munns

6560 Private H Munns

8697 Private G Musk

8818 Private R Myatt

8651 Private P Mynott

7807 Lance-Sergeant G Negus

6392 Private H Newman

7306 Private W Newman

7984 Sergeant P Nice

7370 Private G Nicholls

7054 Private G Nightall

7186 Private W Nightall

7697 Private C Noble

6629 Private S Norman

8709 Private B Norris

6151 Private E Orman

6651 Private F Osborne

8608 Private S Osbourne

6312 Private W Otto

5324 Private G Overland

4845 Private P Owen

8558 Corporal A Oxer

8302 Corporal G M Page

8510 Lance-Corporal L Page

6276 Private F Paine

7876 Drummer C Palfrey

8248 Private W Pallant

6399 Private A Palmby

8894 Private G Palmer

7908 Private J Palmer

8283 Private W Palmer

7113 Private R Papworth

8769 Private J Parmenter

8620 Private P Parr

6359 Private A Partridge

6779 Private T Partridge

6163 Private R Patenall

6582 Private P Patman

6190 Private W Peachman

3715 CSM W Peacock

7354 Private R Pearce

8505 Private C E Peck

8662 Private W Peckham

6258 Private A Pelgrave

6954 Private W Perry

8094 Private J F Petch

6404 Private W Petchey

6844 Private E Pettit

6869 Private G Pettit

8616 Private J Phillips

7050 Lance-Corporal W Phillips

6160 Private P Pierce

6201 Private B Pilesworth

7459 Private W Pitches

6259 Private C Place

4347 Private W Pleasance

8463 Private H Pledger

8713 Private W Plumb

6454 Private G Pooley

6846 Private T Porter

8110 Private S Pottrell

8754 Private W Powell

8656 Private F Pryke

7227 Private G Purt

8478 Corporal C Quilter

6841 Private M Quinton

6308 Private G Racey

7135 Private B Rampley

7617 Private J Ramsay

8581 Private G Ranson

6125 Private J Ray

6022 Sergeant P Raymond

4450 CSM W Read

6237 Private W Reast

6968 Private A Reeve

7913 Private F Reeve

8351 Private W Rete

7651 Private J Reynolds

6500 Private B Richardson

6916 Private F Ridgeon

6250 Private G Risby

6760 Private G Rishes

7037 Private A Roberts

8372 Private A Roberts

8841 Private W Roberts

6680 Private W Roberts

18048 Private A
G Robinson

7347 Private J Robinson6433 Private R Rogers

8739 Private C Roper

6642 Private F Roper

8800 Private A Rosher

6303 Corporal G Rouse

7179 Private F Rowell

7217 Private S Rozier

6708 Private R Ruddock

7148 Private F Ruffles

8717 Lance-Corporal E Rumbelow

7800 Private H Rush

6391 Private H C Rush

6947 Private W Rust

8897 Private C Rutterford

8099 Private G Sadler

8671 Lance-Corporal A Salisbury

7622 Sergeant F Sanders

7674 Sergeant A Sandford

8215 Private W E Sanford

7684 Private G Sargent

7280 Private S Sargent

7215 Private S Saunders

6754 Private W Savage

5017 Private W Sayers

6293 Private W Scoggins

8394 Corporal R Scrivener

6866 Private W Scrivener

7281 Lance-Corporal R Searle

7684 Private G Sergeant

8610 Private A Sewell

6489 Private C Shelley

8645 Private J Shephard

8565 Private G Sheppard

7051 Private F Shipp

6471 Private A Simpson

8261 Private C Sisman

8560 Private F Sizer

8770 Private A Smith

8797 Private A Smith

8798 Private A J Smith

7700 Private B Smith

6469 Private C Smith

8840 Private E Smith

6942 Private E W Smith

8891 Private G Smith

6625 Private G Smith

8891 Private G Smith

6776 Private J Smith

8328 Private J A Smith

6182 Private R Smith

6985 Private R Smith

7001 Private S W Smith

6925 Private W Smith

6718 Private H Smy

7550 Private A Soer

8256 Private H Souter

4525 Private J Souter

7047 Private C Southgate

8667 Private O Southgate

7483 Drummer C Spall

7846 Sergeant C Spencer

8253 Lance-Sergeant T Spencer

7346 Private W Spinks

6881 Sergeant G H Spriggs

6333 Private H Spriggs

7238 Private G Stafford

6328 Private F Stannard

7681 Private R Stannard

8144 Corporal T Steadman

6388 Private E Stebbeds

6389 Lance-Corporal P Stebbeds

8369 Corporal E Steed

7362 Private C Stokes

6140 Private E Stopher

6350 Private W Stratton

8545 Private H Sturgeon

6622 Private R Sutton

5322 Private J Sykes

8719 Private F Taylor

6717 Private G Taylor

7271 Private S Taylor

8695 Private W Taylor

7491 Lance-Corporal T Tebbs

6380 Private F Thompson

6356 Private W Thorby

6906 Private G Tillett

6633 Private A Todd

8557 Corporal J Todd

8815 Private A Trim

8658 Private T Tuck

8736 Private E Turner

8681 Private J Turner

7253 Private B Tweed

6491 Private W Unwin

7668 Private G Vernham

7399 Private W Vincent

8784 Private W Walden

6882 Private E Waldock

8657 Private A Walker

8708 Private D Walker

4855 Private J Walton

8779 Private C Ward

6494 Private W Ward

6809 Private G Warner

6324 Private A Warren

6369 Private H Warren

7144 Private A Watson

6254 Private G Watson

6607 Private M Watson

6817 Private A Watts

7886 Private R Watts

6856 Private B Webb

6931 Private G Webb

8084 Private J Webb

8653 Private J Webb

7122 Private W Webb

4961 Sergeant C Webb

7205 Private I Webber

8864 Private H Welham

7635 Private L Welham

6555 Private J Wells

7261 Private W Wellum

8551 Private J West

7712 Private S Whight

6768 Private W Whight

6158 Private F Whiting

7967 Drummer J Whymark

7882 Private H Wiggins

6690 Private J Wilcox

7132 Private W Wilden

7247 Lance-Corporal F Wilderspin

6443 Private C Wilding

6472 Private H Wilding

5001 Private C Willbe

8812 Private J Willis

6204 Private H Wilson

8808 Private A Winch

7127 Private J Woodhouse

6540 Private W Woodroffe

5761 Sergeant W Woodrow

6406 Lance-Corporal A Woods

7133 Lance-Corporal E Woods

8504 Private W Woods

6434 Private H Wordley

8643 Private S Wordley

7995 Private F Wright

8170 Private F Wright

8438 Private R Wright

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Thanks for that information Paul. I am now doubting my conclusions about George Banyard. Confusingly there was also a George Richard Banyard in the next parish (Gt Blakenham) as as far as I can tell he married Mabel Davey whose family lived at 271 Cauldwell Hall Road Ipswich in 1911. The alternative "Baythorne" address is confusing as there is no such parish or location around here. However George Richard Banyard was born in Baylham nearby and I wonder if it could be an error on the original documents? I have an archive photo of Fred Harvey with six other PoWs at Doeberitz in 1916. Next to him is George Banyard 6532 Suffolks.Your brilliant resource has helped a lot with my research- many thanks.

Very interesting to see Private 18048 A G Robinson listed. He was my great grandmother's brother. Family stories told me that he was captured early in the war and held POW throughout. Was there any more information shown for him in the transcription?

Hi there. Your blog is a fantastic selection of research. I've had a 1914 medal trio to 7048 Damant for years and have never been able to ascertain anything other than that he was captured at some point before the end of 1915. I note he's on your list - I don't suppose you are able to tell me whether he was captured at Le Cateau?

My grandfather was 8352 L Broad. I'm amazed how much I'm finding out about him. I have a very large family yet he seems a mystery. Any info you have on him would be absolutely amazing. Many thanks Donna Broad

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